These garments were a special - and costly - part of a geisha's appearance, and could only be worn a few times. Mineko also covers the importance of appearance, describing the elements of beauty, including the kimono. Appearing and entertaining at as many as ten parties an evening, she would dance for ten minutes at each and earn tens of thousands of dollars for the night's work. Here, Mineko made her fame and fortune as a dancer. With an even and objective voice, she tells of leaving home at the age of four to enter a geisha house. Mineko's remarkable story dispels Western myths about the geisha as prostitute and describes a demanding life as a highly trained artist. In her compelling memoir, Mineko, often called the best geisha of her generation, reveals the secretive world that inspired a bestselling fictional counterpart, Arthur Golden's bestselling Memoirs of a Geisha. The geisha has long been a mystery to those in the West.
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